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The Scalp Dancer / Charles Marion Russell

Curatorial Remarks

This bronze is an ashtray. There are letters to and from Philip G. Cole and NR about this cast, swapped for one with a deformed face.

Information given by Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2018

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Title(s): 
The Scalp Dancer
Creator(s): 
Charles Marion Russell (Artist)
Roman Bronze Works (Foundry)
Dr. Philip G. Cole Collection (Collection)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
modeled 1914; lost-wax cast 1927
Materials/Techniques: 
lost-wax cast in bronze
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955
Accession No: 
08.7
Previous Number(s): 
0837.7; 28032
Department: 
Not On View

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